Beyond Environmental Law: Policy Proposals for a Better Environmental Future Book

List of Figure and Tables ix

About the Contributors xi

Preface xix

Acknowledgments xxvii

Part I National Environmental Legacy Act

1 The Case for the National Environmental Legacy Act Alyson C. Flournoy 3

2 The Necessity of Procedural Reform Sidney Shapiro 37

3 Shifting Baselines and Backsliding Benchmarks: The Need for the National Environmental Legacy Act to Address the Ecologies of Restoration, Resilience, and Reconciliation Thomas T. Ankersen Kevin E. Regan 53

4 Valuing Nature: The Challenge of the National Environmental Legacy Act Mark T. Brown Mary Jane Angelo 81

5 Citizen Science and the Next Generation of Environmental Law Christine Overdevest Brian Mayer 109

6 Creating National Environmental Legacy Act Information: The Double Standard Walter A. Rosenbaum 129

7 The Constitution and Our Debt to the Future Rena Steinzor 145

Part II Environmental Competition Statute

8 An Environmental Competition Statute David M. Driesen 173

9 Climate Change, Federalism, and Promoting Technological Change David E. Adelman 199

10 The iUtility Joseph P. Tomain 223

11 Environmental Patriotism Christine A. Klein 249

Index 269